Question

Mary said that the tempature outside on two different days had an absolute value of 20. Kate said was wrong because the tempature on those two days were different. Could Mary be correct? Explain your reasoning.

Answer 1

Answer:

We are told that Mary set the temperature outside on the two different days in absolute value of 20. Now, absolute value simply means the distance of a number to the left and right of zero on a number line. ... Therefore, she is correct because with the absolute value she will get 2 different temperatures.